The Young Guard
22 hrs. 23 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Alexander Fadeyev
Author
Alexander Fadeyev
Narrator
Konstantin Dneprovsky
Narrator
Konstantin Dneprovsky
Description
Many generations of post-war Soviet schoolchildren were raised on this book.
After the liberation of Krasnodon from the German invaders, Aleksandr Fadeev, who worked as a correspondent for “Pravda” and the Soviet Information Bureau, came to the city and was struck by the feat of the members of the underground organization “Young Guard.” In 1946 his novel was published, devoted to the young guardsmen, and it won widespread popular acclaim—yet it was sharply criticized in “Pravda” for the novel’s lack of mention of the leading role of the Communist Party. In 1951 a second, revised edition of the novel was released. It was in that form that it was studied in schools.
In the 1990s, like many other patriotic works, the book was declared ideologically harmful. Decades passed, and starting in 2023 the novel is back in the school curriculum.
The book was voiced in the first edition.
After the liberation of Krasnodon from the German invaders, Aleksandr Fadeev, who worked as a correspondent for “Pravda” and the Soviet Information Bureau, came to the city and was struck by the feat of the members of the underground organization “Young Guard.” In 1946 his novel was published, devoted to the young guardsmen, and it won widespread popular acclaim—yet it was sharply criticized in “Pravda” for the novel’s lack of mention of the leading role of the Communist Party. In 1951 a second, revised edition of the novel was released. It was in that form that it was studied in schools.
In the 1990s, like many other patriotic works, the book was declared ideologically harmful. Decades passed, and starting in 2023 the novel is back in the school curriculum.
The book was voiced in the first edition.
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